Weather-frame for wind-shields and automobile-bodies.



UNITED sTA-TEs PATENT oEEIcE. A

PETER A. MILLER, or CARO, MICHIGAN.

VTETIE-IER-ERAME FOR, WIND-SHIELDSAND AUTOMOBILE-BODIES.

1389324, specification of Letters Patent. VIafllted Dec. 31, 1918.

Application led November 5, 1917. Serial No. 200,255.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, PETER A. MILLER, va'citizen of the United States of America, residing at Caro, in the countyof Tuscol and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and' usefulImprovements inVVeather- F rames for Vind-Shields and Automobile-Bodies, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings. i

It is the 1present practice to furnish automobile bodies with detachablewinter tops or inclosures which when installed imparting a limousineeffect to automobile bodies particularly those bodies commonly used inconnection with touring' cars and ordinarily provided with foldable orcollapsible canopy y tops. The detachable winter tops are rigid incontradistinction to an ordinary summery top andare suitably fastened toan automobile body and provides suflicient clearance at the forward 'endof the body for the usual shield. vMany' suoli rigid tops do not snuglyi't around the. windshield, consequentlythere are air gaps through whichair and the elements may pass with much discomfort to the occupants ofthe automobile body, it being I. practically impossible to maintain acomfortable temperature within lthe body particularly 4during inclementweather.

To render the connection between an au' tomobile top and a windshieldpractically weatherproof is the principal object of my invention,whichis attained by providing novel weatheil strips or frames that maybe easily and quickly. installed to close such dspaces as ordinarilyeXist between the windshield and the forward end of a rigid automobiletop inclosure.

My inventinn will be hereinafter specifically described\andthen claimed,and. reference will now be had to the drawings wherein- Figure 1 isafront elevation of an autoniebile t0pandwindshield showing the weatherframe or str'p in position;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of' the weather stripor frame;

Fig. 3 isa perspective view. of a portion of one of the side strips orrails of the frame; Fig. 14 is a. perspective view of the lower.

end of the side strip or frame;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of anv ordinary vIX-'IX of Fi 6.

a windshield, showing a topin cross section relatively there-t6, andillustrating the manner of connecting the top -to the windshield;

Fig..7 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken onfthe line VII-VII ofFig. 6; y

Fig. Sl is a horizontal .sectional view taken on the Iline VIII-VIII ofFig. 6, and

Fig. 9 is a similar view taken on the line Inl the drawings, the'reference numeral 1l 'denotes a portion of an automobile body and thedash ,of said body is provided with brackets 2 supporting the lowersection 3 off 'a windshield, said lower section having an70 uppersection 4 set relatively `thereto and hingedly or pivotally connected tothe lower section 3 by the usual form of hinge orpivotal connection 5.f"

6 denotes a rigid top or inclosur for the 75 10 is adapted'to engage theupper rail of the 80 windshield section 4 and the strip 8 has endportions 11 that may be separate from or form part of the upper ends ofside strips 12. The side strips 12 are made of metal and are bra-ced byWood inserts or bars 13, as best shown in Fig. 8. The top edges of theside strips 12 are rounded and terminate in inturned fian'ges 14 havinglinings 15 adapted -to engage the side rails of both sections of thewindshield and cooperate with the upper strip 8 in forming a. framearound the edges of the entire windshield.

The side strips 12 are provided with openings 16 and said side stripsmay be connected .to the hingesor pivotal connections 5 of the 95sections of the windshield, as shown in Fig. 9 of the drawing.

The inner reinforced edges of the Aside strips 12 will ai'ord supportsfor side doors 17 that may form part of the rigid top 6. 100

Since the upper section 4 of the windshield is offset relatively to thesection 3,'the side strips 12 may have inset portions 18, 'as shown inFig; 3, so that the flangesvlll and the linings 15- at'fthe lower endsof the side 10.5

strips may be in proximity to and snugly engage the side rails of thelower windshield section 3. y

,As theupper windshield section 4 may be lamp bracket showin@ the mannerin which 55 a side strip 0r frame 1s attached. thereto;

Fig. 6 vis an elevation of the inner side of or the upper ends ofl thesidestrips will not interfere with the adjustment of the top tilted oradjustedv inwardly, the top strip 8 110 with the lining 10 ofthe topstrip 8, a turn button or crank 19 may be employed, as best shown inFigs. 6 and 7. The turn crank is carried by the top 6 and it is onlynecessary to swing the same upwardly into a horizontal plane when it isdesired to swing the upper section 4 of the windshield inwardly forVentilating purposes.

` The side strips 12 have the lower ends thereof terminating in frontapertured lugs 20 and rear inwardly projecting flanges 2l. The frontapertured lugs 20 are adapted to tit over the usual lamp bracket studs22 and be held thereon by the same fastening means employed for holdinglamps or lanterns in engagement with the brackets 2, while the flanges21 are adapted to extend behind the brackets and against the automobilebody 1, in order to close gaps that generally exist around lthe lanternbrackets. These flanges are best 'shown in F ig. 6, and coperate withthe top and side strips in preventing air from entering an automobiletop, between the edges of a windshield, and the top 71er' se,consequently it is possible to maintain a comfortable temperature withinan automobile body equipped with the weather frame or strips.

To further brace the lower ends of the frame or side strips relativelyto the brackets 2 angle braces 23 are employed, these braces beingconnectedlto theinserts or bars 13 and to the brackets 2, as best shownin Fig. 6, thus firmly supporting and bracing the ends of the frame orstrips relatively to the dash of the automobile body, while the upperstrip or top frame is held by the forward end of the top 6.

the automobile top or body from the for-- ward end thereof.

It is thought that the4 utility of my invention will be apparent withoutfurther de- Y Scription, and while in the drawing there -is illustrateda preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that thestructural elements are susceptible to such variationsand modificationsas fall within the scope of the appended claim.

lVhat I claim is The combination with an automobile body having a top,brackets, and a sectional windshield supported by said brackets, of aweather frame connected to the forward end of said top and having sidestrips connected to said brackets, the side strips of Vsaid weatherframe also icing connected to the hinges -of said windshield andprovided with inturned flanges adapted to engage said automobile body,said' frame and the side strips thereof having inturned flanges at thefront and side` rails of said windshield, and linings carried by theinturned flanges of said frame and the strips thereof adapted to engagethe top and side rails of both sections of said windshield.

Intestimony whereof I aflix'my signature in the presence of twowitnesses:

PETER A. MILLER. lVitnesses L. G. SEELEY, FRAA'K B. CAirPELL.

